Matthew Ridge & Marc Ellis’ New TV Show? Catching Up on Herbie, Bali & Ego

Welcome to LEGENDS - a new show from Sportscafe Media, hosted by Ric Salizzo and Marc Ellis, filmed on board Herbie, the 1971 Bedford bus.

Episode one: Manly Sea Eagles and New Zealand Warriors legend Matthew Ridge.

Fresh off travelling the length and breadth of New Zealand - Ridgey joins the boys from Bali for a conversation that starts with missing teeth and a flax backpack, and ends up somewhere none of us expected.

He opens up on the healer who put his family back together when his marriage was falling apart on the other side of the world, standing up in front of 150 people at a marae to talk about being on the receiving end of DV, why ego is the only thing that will ever ruin you, and what it actually takes to change without losing the bloke everyone fell in love with.

Plus: Marc gives Herbie away to Kiwi families doing it tough, the boys weigh up whether a Marc & Matthew show could work in 2026, and much more.
Two blokes who spent their careers trying to beat each other, now trying to work out how to be good men. It's funnier than that sounds.

⚠️ This episode contains discussion of family harm. If it brings anything up for you, the Family Violence Information Line is 0800 456 450 - free, 24/7.

🍕 Proudly presented by Sal's Authentic New York Pizza
🍺 With Southern Alps Lager
⛽ Herbie fuelled by Gull

Chapters

• 00:00:00 Teaser
• 00:00:57 Welcome to Legends
• 00:02:08 The tooth, the flax bag
• 00:03:03 Could a Marc & Matthew show work again?
• 00:06:07 Herbie: giving the bus to families doing it tough
• 00:06:45 On the road with Herbie
• 00:08:38 The great Kiwi roadie
• 00:09:56 Life is short and nobody remembers you
• 00:11:06 "Does the average Kiwi still think you're a...?"
• 00:12:02 France, the phone call, and the distant healing
• 00:14:37 The marriage that nearly ended
• 00:16:16 150 people at the marae
• 00:17:04 Ridge on domestic violence: "I was the one getting beaten up"
• 00:21:02 What Ridge learned about his own ego
• 00:28:03 Why France didn't work and Bali did
• 00:34:36 India: kids with nothing and the biggest smiles
• 00:35:33 The flax bag everyone asks about
• 00:37:29 "Why has the world become like this?"
• 00:39:48 "Swim, mate"